Synopsis

Plot

The episode begins with Gumball and Darwin studying for their math test. However, they get bored easily, so they start playing, distracting them from studying. The next day, they complain about how they should have studied last night while eating pages off of books to "absorb the information." But then, they realize that they are eating the pages of the wrong book. Since they only have 10 minutes, they both decide to cheat by writing facts on Darwin's face.

Later, they end up in Principal Brown's office, resulting in a Spring break detention. In the detention room, Gumball and Darwin try to talk to each other in secrecy, but, it's revealed that they're actually saying what they were thinking out loud, leading to the duo getting beaten up by the detention "inmates." Gumball and Darwin then decide they must look older in order to get the respect from the detention inmates by drawing fake facial hair with markers, but, it ends up with Gumball getting his face squeezed by Mowdown after offending him. Julius demands Mowdown to stop, Gumball then thanks him, and says he owes him one, but Julius replies, "You're gonna owe me a lot more than that if you want my protection."

Gumball and Darwin are then seen cleaning Brown's room. When Miss Simian closes the door, Gumball and Darwin then open all the cabinets in Brown's desk and find the school plans which Julius wants Gumball and Darwin to steal. They are then distracted by Brown's calendar, and get caught, resulting them in a trip to the "Correctional Room." The detention song then plays, showing the duo stealing a paper clip, spoons, a rake, and a rope for Julius. The song ends with chaos in the detention room, causing Brown to burst in there, giving Julius a chance to escape with the stolen items.

The duo follows Julius, and ask if they can escape with him, which he refuses. While Julius is inside the vent, Gumball jumps on him, causing the vent floor to fall to the side, revealing they are above Brown's office. Julius allows them to escape together with him so that Gumball and Darwin can help him up, but, they accidentally awaken Brown, who announces on the speakers that there is a detention break. The 3 escapees go up to the rooftop inside the vent, but, they find themselves stuck, as the rooftop vent cannot be opened. Gumball then angers Julius, causing his fuse to go off without him knowing, and they escape down in time for him to go off and explode the vent. His last words are "Well played."

The duo then figure out the rake and the rope are supposed to be used for a grapple hook, but, it requires math to be used, and they fail, causing the hook to break one of the windows in the school. Brown then arrives at the roof, and Gumball and Darwin attempt to jump off and land on a vehicle, but, they miss, and fall on the cement. They then laugh at Brown saying that they have escaped. The episode ends with Brown saying "I don't know why they are so happy, they still have to come back here tomorrow."

Trivia

Gumball states that they are in the seventh grade, despite Miss Simian having been described as a second grade teacher - this is because the schooling systems in the US differ from the UK (in the UK, second grade of secondary school is equivalent to seventh grade in the US).

Cultural References

The ending scene, where Gumball and Darwin jump off the roof rather than get caught by Principal Brown, may be a reference to the ending scene of the film "Thelma & Louise", where they also jump from a large height rather be captured by authorities.

It could also be a reference to a scene from the film "The Other Guys", where Christopher Danson and P.K. Highsmith died after a failed leap attack.

Gumball and Darwin act out scenes from several different movies in the beginning.

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back: After Darwin fails to answer his question, in Darth Vader's voice, Gumball zaps Darwin with imaginary force lightning as he says "You have failed me for the last time..."

Procrastination

[The event begins with Gumball and Darwin reading math books, attempting to study for an upcoming math test. Gumball starts roleplaying, and Darwin roleplays along. Gumball grabs his ruler, and in slow motion attempts to attack Darwin. Darwin quickly grabs a triangular ruler and acting like he stabbed Gumball. Gumball, acting like he is stabbed, grabs a calculator and presses buttons, acting like he is using a remote to activate a bomb]

[Scene cuts to them playing around. First, they shoot spitballs at each other while hiding behind chairs. Then Gumball puts a pencil through one of his nostrils, and it comes out of his ear. After that, Gumball spins Darwin around in an office chair, and stops with Darwin's tail in his mouth. Gumball puts a pencil through a nostril again, and it comes out of Darwin's nose. Then they duel each other with geometry compasses. Darwin puts a pencil through his nostril nose, and it comes out of Gumball's ears. Then it shows their house at night. Off screen, they are heard laughing out loud]

Almost Time For The Test!

[Gumball and Darwin are seen crying out loud, and chewing the pages of books]

Gumball: [Crying] It's not working, I'm not absorbing any of the knowledge.

Gumball: Ahh! We're gonna flunk the test. We'll get caught in a downward spiral of failure, we'll get held back a year and before you know it, we'll be the only kids in seventh grade with beards.

Darwin: Unless....

Gumball: What?

Darwin: We could [Whistles]

Gumball: What?

Darwin: You know, we could [Makes a noise with his tongue]

Gumball: [Shrugs]

Darwin: You know, we could [Darwin makes more noises]

Gumball: [Gasps] What?! You mean-

Cheating!

Nigel Brown: CHEATING!? Did you really think you could get away with this?

[Turns to Gumball and Darwin, with writings including math solutions all over Darwin's body]

Gumball: To be honest, yeah. I thought we could. I have no idea what went wrong.

Nigel Brown: Well, maybe you'll figure it out during spring break which you're spending in DETENTION!

Detention!

Nigel Brown: I'm putting you in the long detention block. So from now on you don't eat, you don't go to the bathroom, you don't speak, you don't even blink unless I say so. DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

[Darwin raises his hand]

Nigel Brown: What?

Darwin: Can I blink please?

Nigel Brown: No.

The New Inmates

[They enter a classroom full of "delinquents." The delinquents make noise, and trash the room]

Nigel Brown: SILENCE YOU ANIMALS! These are the new inmates. Make sure they feel welcome.

Darwin: [With dried eyes] Can I blink now?

Nigel Brown: You're not gonna last two minutes in here, little fish.

[Principal Brown exits, and slams the door. Gumball and Darwin turn around at their new "inmates," looking scared. They start talking with each other seemingly through their thoughts]

Darwin: Gumball. Can you hear me?

Gumball: Yeah. What will we do? These ugly filths look like they were raised by hyenas in a post-apocalyptic future.

Darwin: Ha ha! Especially the cupcake. She looks like she was made out of rotten eggs, and foot fungus.

Rotten Cupcake: I'm a boy, dork bag.

Gumball: Ugh! Even her voice is gross. Wait-hang on. How come she hear our secret thoughts?

Reaper: 'Cause you're talking out loud, homie.

Gumball: Yeah that makes more sense.

In The Bathroom

[Gumball and Darwin look badly injured after getting beaten up by their inmates]

Gumball: [Groans] Ow!! Oh man.

Darwin: [Pops out eye] Even my bruises have bruises.

Gumball: Don't worry buddy. I've got just what you need.

Darwin: A kiss to make it better?

Gumball: No. We need to look older if you want them to respect us. [Brings out marker] Lets get some tattoos, home boy! [They walk outside the bathroom with drawn on hair on their heads] What do you think?

Darwin: I don't know. I think we look a bit too old for young offenders.

Gumball: Maybe. [They walk back in. Then they exit again with more fake hair drawn on their heads] Perfect!

In The Cafeteria

[The delinquents are in the cafeteria eating, when Gumball and Darwin approach them and slam their lunches on the table. The delinquents glare at Gumball and Darwin. Gumball eats a piece of Mowdown's food]

Gumball: What are you looking at, punk? [Gets brutally attacked by Mowdown]

Darwin: Dude. Stop! His eyes are touching each other! Please let him go!

Julius: Enough! [Mowdown lets go of Gumball]

Gumball: Oh! Thanks man. I owe you one.

Julius: You owe me more than that if you want my protection, daby.

Gumball: Whats a daby?

Darwin: Detention slang. For "dumb baby."

Gumball: Oh I see. Who protect us from?

Julius: [Raises eyebrow in confusion]

Darwin: He means "Who are you gonna protect us from?"

Julius: [Fuse lights] Me!

Stealing School Plans

[Gumball and Darwin are seen cleaning the principal's office]

Darwin: Why does that kid want us to steal the school plans anyway?

Gumball: That's the least of our worries. The guy's a walking time bomb.

[Gumball looks out the open door, and sees Principal Brown and Ms. Simian about to make out. Ms. Simian notices Gumball staring, and she blocks Gumball's sight with the door not closed though, but ajar]

Gumball: Okay. Let's do this.

[They rummage through Brown's desk]

Gumball: Here. Found it! Now lets get out of- [Starts chuckling]

Darwin: What?

Gumball: Dude, you have to see this. [Chuckles]

[They start looking at photos of Principal Brown, and they both laugh. After a while, Gumball puts the photos down and sees Principal Brown posing in the same manner as he is in the last photo and Ms. Simian in front of them. They quickly put back the photos, and Miss Simian sees them]

Lucy Simian: Ooooh! [Glares at Gumball and Darwin]

Gumball: It's not what it looks like. W-we accidentally slipped, and-and fell. T-t-the door went whoosh, and this went whoosh and we-let me start again. There was an eagle, and it came through the window and tried to steal-uh-I mean…it was totally like this when we got here.

Nigel Brown: I'll teach you for ruining my surprise for Miss Simian. You're both going to the correctional room!

Gumball: NOOOO! NOT THE CORRECTIONAL ROOM!

Correctional Room

Mister Small: Boys. I believe you keep getting into trouble because you're not expressing yourselves creatively. To teach you how, I'm going to read you some of my poems, okay?

Gumball: I don't know why I freaked out so much. This really isn't that bad.

Mister Small: [Brings out super thick book] The first is an epic life story written from the perspective of a shoe. [Clears throat] Part one of eighty-seven: Birth …dark…factory…noise. The smell of polish...soles fitting soles soullessly, dolefully.

[Gumball and Darwin cringe in boredom. They bang on the office door's window]

Gumball: Let us out!!! This is cruel, and unusual!!

Planning To Escape From Detention

[Gumball and Darwin approach Julius in the classroom, traumatized]

Julius: So, what have we learn today?

Darwin: Don't…ever…break the rules…ever…again.

Julius: No fish, don't ever get caught. That's the only rule you need to care about. Now, here's a list of stuff you're gonna steal for me.

[Gumball inspects the list. Then the scene transitions into a song with a montage of them stealing the things on the list]

Thieves

Gumball: [Singing]Well, I cheated on a math test, teacher says I gotta pay. Doin' time up at the schoolhouse, and it gets worse everyday.

[In a line heading to the classroom, Gumball "accidentally" knocks over the nearby principal's papers. He quickly and nervously recovers them, and gives them back. In the classroom, it is revealed that he had taken the first item on the list: a paperclip. In yet another line, Darwin comes through a metal detector]

Darwin: I've done a lot of bad things, as freedom wilted away. I've seen a lot of sad things, and it gets worse everyday!

[He walks to Julius playing a harmonica. Taking off his leg, he dumps out of it a couple of spoons the second item on the list. Then they our out in the field, working with rakes]

Gumball and Darwin: I never was a bad guy, 'til I was put away. Now I'm stealin', cheatin', lyin', and it gets worse everyday!

[Scythe's rakes are taken. He suspects Gumball who has the rake hidden in his head, but Gumball points to the Rotten Cupcake. Scythe attacks the cupcake instead. Then in the corridors, Julius receives the rake. Both Gumball and Darwin with Mowdown work out in the schoolyard. Gumball pretends to stretch, and grabs a string from Mowdown. He and Darwin walk way and unravel the string along, causing Mowdown's stuffing to come out, and him to be squished by a barbell. They give the string to Julius]

Gumball and Darwin: They think I learned my lesson, that crime just doesn't pay. But stuck here in detention, I have found another way. I'm the baddest kid in the prison…and I get worse everydaaay!

[In slow motion, Gumball and Darwin fall down. They slowly come nearer the roof of the van. Then no longer in slow-motion, the van speeds off and the boys instead hit the ground. They get up, disfigured by their fall. Despite this, they laugh]

Gumball: See you never!

Darwin: See you never, Principal Brown!

[They celebrate as they walk off. The principal watches them from the rooftop]

Nigel Brown: I don't know why they're so happy. They still have to come back here tomorrow.